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Secrets of adulthood : simple truths for our complex lives / Gretchen Rubin.
In Secrets of Adulthood, writer Gretchen Rubin shares life-changing insights drawn from her studies on happiness and personal experiences. Through clever aphorisms, she distills key truths to help navigate life's complexities. These reflections tackle challenges like indecision, change, temptation, and relationships. Rubin's aphorisms offer practical wisdom for anyone facing major transitions or everyday struggles, providing inspiration and clarity.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593800737
- ISBN: 0593800737
- Physical Description: 173 pages ; 20 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Crown, [2025]
- Copyright: ©2025
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-169). |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Big ideas in a few words -- Cultivating ourselves. The project of happiness ; Self-improvement ; Comfort ; Self-realization ; Adventure ; Memories -- Facing the perplexities of relationships. The challenge of love ; Friendship ; Fitting in and standing out ; Perspective -- Making things happen. Work ; Responsibility ; The thirst for knowledge ; Creativity ; Procrastination ; Housekeeping ; Taking action ; Persistence -- Confronting life's dilemmas. Tough decisions ; Temptations ; Pain ; Desire ; Getting it wrong ; Consequences -- Simple secrets of adulthood -- Your secrets of adulthood. |
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| Subject: | Self-actualization (Psychology) Happiness. Life skills. |
| Genre: | Informational works. Instructional and educational works. Self-help publications. |
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- 2 of 2 copies available at Sage Library System. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Hood River County Library District.
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| Cascade Locks Library | 158.1 RUB 2025 (Text) | 33892101035658 | Adult New Books | Available | - |
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